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Old 03-20-2012, 08:28 PM
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So my dad had this 60 Thunderbird Convertible. (I stilll have it)

The conv top mechanism takes Dot-3 brake fluid. The pump/resvr is behind the back seat. You kind of have to stand on your head to add fluid. So about 3 days before Thanksgiving, he grabs Moms baster and dumps brk fluid into a jar to add fluid to this thing (I was a kid at the time, maybe 12)
So Thanksgiving morning she's lookin all over for this baster. (She) finds it out in the garage still in the jar of brake fluid. She about **** green apples.
He was in the doghouse for a few days for that one.
Funny stuff. Not Harley related.
 
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Good stuff guys!!!
 
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Originally Posted by byersmtrco
So my dad had this 60 Thunderbird Convertible. (I stilll have it)

The conv top mechanism takes Dot-3 brake fluid. The pump/resvr is behind the back seat. You kind of have to stand on your head to add fluid. So about 3 days before Thanksgiving, he grabs Moms baster and dumps brk fluid into a jar to add fluid to this thing (I was a kid at the time, maybe 12)
So Thanksgiving morning she's lookin all over for this baster. (She) finds it out in the garage still in the jar of brake fluid. She about **** green apples.
He was in the doghouse for a few days for that one.
Funny stuff. Not Harley related.
Yea I forgot about my inner primary in the dishwasher when the wife came home after work. Man she was pist. By the way the dish washer makes a good parts washer!
 
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Old 03-20-2012, 11:14 PM
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You should ride the bike (not just let it idle) for at least 20-30 minutes to heat up the oil and scavenge the sump before draining the oil. If there is oil in the sump when you add the new oil, the level will go up after you ride it.
 

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I did just get done with a long ride then changed it when it was still warm.
 
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Yea I forgot about my inner primary in the dishwasher when the wife came home after work. Man she was pist. By the way the dish washer makes a good parts washer!

I spent a week in the dog house last time the OL came home before I could get the bike parts out of the dish washer.
 

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Chit,, wait till U use her new cake pan to change the tranny oil cause it fits under the bike better than the oil drain pan I have....

Thats even worse than the turkey baster... Hey Honnnnney, I said these Harleys HAVE to have those special Kitchen things to keep them going. Dog house for several days on that one....

Really wasn't too bad till I said, "HEY" U ain't baked anything for a yr or better.... ATTENTION Point for newly weds,,, never, NEVER tell Ur wife she ain't or hasn't use the pans she has....
Being a Grandpa for a long long time I must have had a Brain Fart that day..




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Yeah, that's like buying her an iron for valentines day
 
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LOL great tips guys. Been married almost 3 years I'm 28 but been with my wife for almost 9. She puts up with ALL my crazy a$$ ideas. Not sure what she would do if she found kitchen stuff in the garage but if bike parts were in the dishwasher I think she would have a cow!!
 
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Can overfilling create bad engine noises?
 


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